Hose-supporter.



No. 781,769. I PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. S. P. ELLIS.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1904.

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TINTTED STATES Patented February '7, 1905.

PATENT UEETCE.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,769, dated February7, 1905.

Application filed September 1, 1904. Serial No. 222,938.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. ELLIs, a citizen of the United States.residing at l)es bIoines. in the county of Folk and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Apparel Hose-Supporter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide an apparel hose-supporter ofsimple, durable, and inexpensive construction to be applied toapparel-hose and to be capable of being readily attached to or detachedfrom apparel-underwear and to fit the contour of the wearers leg and soarranged that it will firmly support the apparel-hose and yet not impedethe circulation of the blood through the wearers leg.

My invention consists in the construction of the means for attaching thesupporter to an undergarment and in the combination thereof with themeans for attaching the device to apparel-hose, as hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure I shows the complete device inper spective, apart of the elastic cover for one of theundergarment-clamping members broken away to show certain details ofconstruction, and Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of theundergarment-clamping device detached.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the referenee-numeral I is usedto indicate an elastic web. At one end of the web is a device fordetachably connecting the elastic web with apparel-hose. This devicecomprises a button member II and a loop member I2, both of the ordinaryconstruction, the elastic web being connected with them in the ordinaryway. At the other end of the elastic web is a plate 13, firmly connectedto the elastic web and formed with an elongated eye II for purposeshereinafter made clear.

The device for connecting the supporter with an undergarment comprises aflat plate I5, having a tongue I6 turned to position substantiall yparallel with the plate and designed to pass through the elongated eyeI-I to thereby pivotally connect the plate with the plate I3. Formed onor fixed to the plate I?) is one of the clamping members of the devicefor attaching the supporter to an undergarm nt. This part of the deviceconstitutes a stationary jaw IT, which jaw is curved to fit the contourof a wearers leg and is perfectly round in cross-section. Iivoted to oneend of the stationary jaw IT is theswinging jaw member, which comprisesa rounded central portion IS, formed with shoulders 19 at its ends, oneend thereof connected with the jaw IT by the pivotpin 20 and the otherend formed with a hook 21. The entire swinging jaw is curved to fitagainst the curved jaw IT, and mounted upon the rounded portion 18 ofthis jaw is a flexible tube 22, preferably made of rubber. Pivoted tothe free end of the stationary jaw IT is a loop 23, designed to enterthe hook 2i when the jaws are close together.

In practical use the supporter is first connected with apparel-hose inthe ordinary way. Then a small portion of wearers umlergarment is drawnbetween the jaws IT and 18. Then the jaw IS is moved toward the jaw ITand the part of the umlergarment is firmly clamped between a rigid metaljaw 17 and a yielding cover 22 of the jaw IS. This yielding cover servesas a spring to hold the jaw IS away from the jaw IT, and hence when theloop 23 is placed in engagement with the hook 21. the garment is clampedbetween a rigid surface I? and a yielding surface 22, so that thegarment cannot slip. I urthermore garments of different thicknesses mayhe clamped between these jaws, because the cover 22 will yield enough toadapt the jaws to admit undergarments of different thicknesses betweenthem and firmly hold undergarments of any of the ordinary thicknesses ofmaterial. In

this way hose is supported by a device which second jaw member formedwith shoulders I0 near its ends and a rounded central portion, and ayielding tube mounted upon the rounded central portion.

SAMUEL F. ELLIS.

\Vitnesses:

S. F. CHRISTY, \V. R. LANE.

